Hello fellow AMSAT Members,

YOU ARE INVITED to help staff the AMSAT booth at the local hamfest in Timonium, Md. with us this Saturday!

So far, it is just Ken Perko WA3WHE and me in the booth. We have a premium 1.5-hour or 2-hour slot in the schedule for you to slip in and provide a sliver of relief for one of us. Just call or write me what time you'd like to volunteer with us. All the info about the show is given below and at the GBHC Web site link shown.

There is room to set up a demo or two as well. Would you like to show off part of your portable satellite ground station and laptop software in action? Please do!

Otherwise just swing by to chat. You may purchase a ticket to the hamfest on the morning of, and find us in the Cow Palace like last year.

This coming Saturday ought to be another fine day for Amateur Radio and satellites!

Cheers,

Pat N8PK n8pk@amsat.org

The GBHC http://www.gbhc.org

Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest

Saturday, April 6, 2013 9:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Located at the Maryland State Fairgrounds 2200 York Road in Timonium, Maryland 21093 (served by Maryland-45, Interstate-83, and the Timonium Light Rail stop)

P.S. . . .

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-090 [snippet]

+ Watch a video of WD9EWK working FO-29 from the Scottsdale, Arizona Hamfest on Saturday, March 9. 2013. Patrick used two FT-817ND rigs, one for the uplink transmitter, the second to receive the downlink on a handheld ELK 2M/70cm antenna. The video is posted at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0ZhR7Doby0E

P.S. 2 The Local AMSAT-DC Web Page: http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/

P.S. 3 A follow up note about the March 23 Workshop on Portable Satellite Ground Stations is expected in the next week or so. Certainly, a good time was had by all!